Rhetorical Essay: Shame is Worth a Try Dan M. Kahan’s “Shame is Worth a Try” was first published in the Boston Globe on August 5‚ 2001. In this essay‚ Kahan contends that the use of “shame” as a penalty of low level crimes is not only effective‚ but is an economical and humane alternative to imprisonment. It ’s difficult to ascertain who Kahan’s intended audience is. However‚ because he uses examples of shame being used as an alternative sanction around the country; “Drive drunk in
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Dylan Hamann ENGL 1020‚ CRN 20527 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” 1 Feb. 2010 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” by Dan M. Kahan Dan M. Kahan argues in his article “Shame Is Worth a Try” that people who understand the potential of shaming know that it is “cheap‚ efficient‚ and an appropriate alternative to short jail sentences” (571). Any crime that is committed must have a punishment linked to it to avoid a repeat of the offense. Serious crimes‚ for example‚ those that
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Draft Worth a Research In the articles “Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person” by June Tangney and “Shame is Worth a Try” by Dan Kahan the authors discuss alternatives to incarceration to non-violent crimes. In Kahan’s article he introduces the alternative called “Shame Sentencing”(574) and June Tangney introduces the alternative to incarceration and shaming with a future productive “Guilt Sentencing.”(568) In their articles Tangney and Kahan both have valid points regarding the use of shame sentencing
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STAY STRONG Ever tried. Ever failed No mater. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. You’ve heard about cases‚ you’ve also seen it through history‚ now I want you to live through it. Focus and start imagining what I’m going to say. Imagine that you’re sitting in your room; your door is locked‚ with a pen in your hand and a black piece of paper in front of you. Your hand is shaking‚ and tears start falling down your cheeks again. “To my family” your write‚ “to my friends” you write‚ umm
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10_1726.pdf “SHAME” "Shame” is defined as a painful feeling caused by a sense of guilt‚ shortcoming‚ impropriety; dishonor or disgrace. This painful emotion can come from either external sources such as the people around us or from internal sources such as our conscience. In the story "Shame‚" author Dick Gregory describes his experiences with both externally and internally motivated shame. The shame Dick Gregory experiences as a young child was externally motivated shame. Before the incident
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Shame Reading comprehension 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. True 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B Critical reading and discussion 1. Gregory means by these two statements that although his home life was one of poverty and want ‚his home was not a place to learn shame and hatred .But at school ‚which should be a positive environment ‚he learned these inhumane values .the ironic statements interests the reader to want to know more about what Gregory means. 2. Gregory seems to
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Threats Intense Competition The Chicken Rice Shop is facing intense competition from large‚ multinational fast food restaurants such as KFC‚ Kenny Rogers Roasters‚ Pizza Hut‚ McDonald’s etc. Many new and existing fast food restaurants are overcrowded in the country but still growing and opening rapidly. Spread of Diseases Diseases such as bird flu and mad cow disease happening time to time and it will affect the fast food production around the world. Consumer will decide not to eat food related
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Several international organizations have commented on various methods of execution‚ condoning them or calling for more humane treatment where the death penalty is used. The Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty provides that “where capital punishment occurs‚ it shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering.” Moreover‚ in its General Comment 20‚ the Committee recognized that when the death penalty is imposed‚ it must be carried
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Public shame can teach someone a valuable lesson. In the NFL‚ the Miami Dolphins had an incident where a player quit do to the fact that he was being harassed by one of his teammates. In defense‚ the other player stated that it was just locker room talk; however‚ this bullying also took place over text. The player is now being publicly disgraced for being raciest and harassing one of his teammates. In doing so‚ it makes him learn his lesson on what he has done and suffer the consequences of his actions
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Prejudice has always played a strong role in history. People have been ridiculed based on race‚ sex‚ social class‚ physical attributes and for many other reasons. Shame is not limited to any one ?type? of person. Dick Gregory?s ?Shame? is a narration of his childhood and how shame affected his life; and‚ although our lives do not seem similar on the surface‚ he and I share the bond of humiliation experienced in our childhoods. Gregory was a poor‚ fatherless‚ black boy‚ who constantly strived to
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